Show YANKS EAGER TO SEE su PARIS rr Y I. I M. M c C. C A. A Is Host to Soldiers Sol diers Who Flock to Big City Paris Parlo Dec 7 Probably the tho biggest problem that the Young Young- Mens Men's ChrIstian Christian Christian Chris ChrIs- tian association has to face In tho the city of ot Parlo Paris Is tho the housing of ot soldiers who flock to this city In thousands for tor twenty four to forty eight hours hours' leave leav ory E Et ory American boy who comes to Franco Tranco Is eager enger to son BOO Paris Parla and tho the prices of or accommodations at l tho the French hotels Is la beyond tho the possibilities oft of o their slender pur purses purees es The Y Y M. M L C C. A. A has several eral hotels td which th they can cnn cango cango go an and for tor ono one franc a night can got get gota a Q bod bed and a a. shower or Meals are served nerved at ol cost The Pavilion Is the tho largest of ot these hotels and as an Illustration the crowd that flocked Clocked In thore there the o other her night Is Isa Isa Isa a good one ono tl to be guided by The fhe hotel was Vas full ull to overflowing Tho The othor other hotels hotels ho ho- hIs in tho the neighborhood on the o or o r- r flow low list were also alBo crowded to the limit lim him it The office also alno has a a. long list of or rooms which French families will rent to soldiers The list was exhausted Yet the men kept pouring in Seventysix Seventy Seventy- Sovel t- t six lx men took off their coats rolled them up made them Into pillows and slept on the floor of ot the tho lounge loungo o room At 11 all lights were out At 11 1130 30 p P. P m m. Miss lIss Elizabeth Oilman Gilman of ot Baltimore Md lId who has charge chargo of ot the canteen service at the I thought she bho could call it a a. days day's work and go to bed But Bul Just as she was wis starting upstairs she hoard a Do poundIng poundIng pounding pound- pound Ing on the tho door and anel tt went vent to see seo what it was She opened tho the door to find twenty twenty- four tour enlisted men who ho had traveled eighteen hours houra on a railroad train They wanted co or for tor tho the night and for Cor time the e love of df r Uncle Sam cam sister sleter food tood of ot some sort wort She lot them in went upstairs and called another canteen worker Together r they wont Into the kitchen and stole the tho bread that was hidden en In the tho closets for tor morning They found round a n l key koy oy to tho the storeroom torero m and dragged ragged out canned meat to make Into sandwiches The They started a fire tire In the tho stove I and mad mado hot ho chocolate and ond tho the thirty-four thirty boys boya fed tell Then tho the two two t women went into tho the dining room with the tables all set f et and ready for tor breakfast and cleared awa away these tables and tho the men were only too glad to roll up on them and on tho the floor and ana sleep tho the sleep Bleep that only tired war war-w war N v ar oar oary soldiers can cnn sleep This is la a n situation that thit tho the Y M M. t C C. A. A moats meets from rom day to day ay in silte of or orthe the fact tact that It Is renting or c every available available avail all able vacant hotel In tho city |